UNIVERSIDAD JUAREZ AUTONOMA DE TABASCODIVISION ACADEMICA DE CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS

LABORATORIO DE ACUACULTURA

Dr. Wilfrido M. Contreras SánchezDr. Wilfrido M. Contreras SánchezDr. C. Alfonso Alvarez GonzálezDr. C. Alfonso Alvarez GonzálezMC. Gabriel Márquez CouturierMC. Gabriel Márquez Couturier

MC. Ulises Hernández VidalMC. Ulises Hernández VidalMC. Salomón Páramo DelgadilloMC. Salomón Páramo DelgadilloMC. Arlette Hernández FranyutiMC. Arlette Hernández Franyuti

WilfridoWilfrido

GabrielGabriel

UlisesUlisesSalomónSalomón

AlfonsoAlfonso ArletteArlette

ExtensionExtension3 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS3 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS

Guatemala, Honduras, CostarricaGuatemala, Honduras, Costarrica5 local workshops in Tabasco5 local workshops in Tabasco

More than 150 people trainedMore than 150 people trained

TILAPIA LINE SELECTION

The State Hatchery has replaced 100% of the broodstock

Fry production in 2006 was 7,500,000 fry

Tilapia Line Selection

5,000 families were directly impacted

INCORPORATION OF NATIVE SPECIES INTO

AQUACULTURE

Tropical gar production at UJAT

Broodstock

Culture conditions

Culture conditions

Broodstock Selection

Culture conditions

Fry qualityJuvenile Quality

Techniques for spawning induction

Grow-out for Broodstock selection

Market

Juvenile Grow-out

Fry

Juvenile rearingJuvenile rearing

SellingSellingFinal grow-outFinal grow-out

Native cichlidsNative cichlids

CastaCastarrricaricaCichlasoma urophthalmusCichlasoma urophthalmus

PaletasPaletasCichlasoma sppCichlasoma spp

TenhuayacaTenhuayacaPetenia splendidaPetenia splendida

ReproducReproducciónción

Fry productionFry production

SystemsSystems

SpawningSpawning

Native cichlidsNative cichlids

Funding for this research was provided by the

Aquaculture Collaborative

Research Support Program

The Aquaculture CRSP is funded in part by United States Agency for International

Development (USAID) Grant No. LAG-G-00-96-90015-00 and by participating institutions.